Still 1hr and 20min naps here

[abaker89]

Just a couple thoughts, does she fall asleep on her own?  DD1 was not at that age and had bad naps like that tho we switched to one nap a bit later at 14 mths.  DD1 eventually was able to fall asleep on her own by 15/16 mths and we still had 70-80 min naps till after 19 mths.  She would often do a 13 hr night tho and I always had her in bed by 6:30ish and she was up by 7/7:30 am.  To me, that A time seems a bit long but all kids are different.  Both my girls never liked a long prenap A time.  DD1 was at 4.5 hrs for a long time and maybe around age 2 was at 5/5.5 hrs. 

DD2 is a much better sleeper (likely due to earlier sleep training) and didn't switch to one nap till 18 mths when I made her cause the summertime came, she is still only at 5 hrs A time and would do less if I let her.  We are often out with activities for DD1 so she doesn't get to nap till 1 pm and that is with an 8 am wakeup.  So maybe try a shorter A, maybe just ride it out.  As my first child has shown, not all do those 2 hr naps.  She did do much better after 19 mth tho and actually still naps at almost 4.5 yrs so all is not lost!  HTH!

Aileen

[scucci1979]

thanks. Will try a little shorter A for a few days and see if that helps.  I know she can easily do 5.5hr post nap. She has always been on the higher end of A times.

[scucci1979]

For the last three days I have cut her am A time. Day one she still woke up and I had to settle. Nap length was 2.5hours.  Day 2 had to settle again and nap length was 2hrs. Today, 1.5hours and did not want to go back down. Should I try one more day with the same A time? I am doing 5hrs and 15min now.

[sianie]

I would probably give it a couple more days at the same A-time & see what happens!

[scucci1979]

will give it a go.

[scucci1979]

here is an update. I don't know what is going on but suspect molars.

Thursday, napped from 12-:125pm, got a cn in at 5pm for 10min and asleep by 7:45pm. I had to week her up at 7am the following morning.   Nap 12:15-2:10pm, woke up at the 30min mark. put her down for bed at 7:30pm but didn't fall asleep until 8pm. Woke up this morning at 6:15am. I think we may be teething again. Do you think yesterday she was just OT and couldn't fall asleep or was it UT? Normally, she goes down like a breeze.

[sianie]

Difficult to say if she's teething, especially if it's her molars coming through. Give meds before sleeps to see if this helps but otherwise keep an eye on her tired cues as she may get tired a bit earlier than normal if she's teething.

[scucci1979]

I suspect molars as she has been very fussy the past few days. her nap ended up being 2hrs and 20min, but bt was a battle. Normally she does 5.5hrs of A time. I put her down and she just moaned, fussed and fussed until 7:50am. that was an A of 6hrs. She never resists bt. I need to take a peek in her mouth. I hope we get a decent wu time tomorrow.

[scucci1979]

we are getting Ews again. don't know if it is b/c of teeth or a routine.

here is yesterday
wake 7am nap 12:15-2:30pm(had to extend)
bed and asleep 7:45am


woke up at 5:30am
do you think last A wasn't long enough?

[sianie]

I would say that that was a reasonable A-time, though it was a long nap & therefore she maybe could have handled a bit longer?

If she's still teething, then these are more than likely responsible.

[scucci1979]

Yup. still teething. I can't seem to take a good look in her mouth. I could of sworn I saw her gum swollen.

I am just mentally exhausted. As soon as things go smoothly you hit a big bump.

I just hope I don't have to start cutting her nap already!!

[sianie]

I wouldn't start cutting it yet...I'm sure it's the teeth that are the culprit & as you know, it'll pass! 

I know it's tiring (DS has his canines coming through ATM  !)....have you done a meds dream feed?

[scucci1979]

TBH i haven't tried a df med b/c I go to sleep at 9 and dealing with these pesky EWs has really taken a toll on me. 

She woke up at 4:30am am. First fussed, then it escalated so I went and gave her some meds with a sip of water. Cuddled her for a few minutes and put her back down. She chatted for a while, threw her sippy cup overboard and her teddy overboard. Sigh. Anyhow, she has a little cold but she just didn't seem tired to go back to sleep. Normally, she would instantly put her head on my shoulder and fall right back asleep. Last night,she was blowing raspberries and talking.  She finally went back down at 6am.
Do teeth really cause long Nws?
Now I have two kids who are ew.

[sianie]

Do teeth really cause long Nws?

They can do but it's interesting how she was behaving.....what did her day look like yesterday?

[scucci1979]

wake 6am out at 6:30am
nap 11:30-2pm
bed 7:25pm asleep by 7:30pm

It sounds UT but then she has a cold, so am not sure.